Meredith Gaudreau, the wife of late NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, is getting candid about how 'hard' things have been with their daughter Noa's second birthday approaching following the death of her husband.

Meredith Gaudreau, the wife of the late Johnny Gaudreau, is reflecting on the death of her husband ahead of their daughter's birthday. She opened up about how she has been coping in the weeks a fter her husband's death in an Instagram post on Sept. 20, sharing a clip from an old interview of the NHL star talking about becoming a father.

The National Hockey League pays tribute to the Gaudreau brothers on the first night of preseason hockey. The National Hockey League and the hockey world at large was hit with a devastating tragedy this summer when the lives of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew Gaudreau were taken far too soon.